Space probes today and tomorrow          
Brugge Gunter N1 N2 USA EU Japan
                 
Target Probe Country Year Start Weight   [kg] Cost Probe [mil.USD] Cost Mission [mil.USD] Note  
Moon LRO USA 2009 1 900   500 orbiter
  Chang'e 2 China 2010 2 480     orbiter; later relocation to point L2
  ARTEMIS USA - 2 x 130 -   2 orbiters, from THEMIS, solar wind
  GRAIL USA 2011 2 x 310   380 2 orbiters
    Chang'e 3 China 2013       lander + rover
    Chandrayaan 2 India+Russia 2013 2 650     orbiter + lander + rover
    LADEE USA 2013 330 80   orbiter
    Luna Glob Russia 2014 2 320     orbiter + penetrators + landers
    Chang'e 4 China 2015       lander
    Chang'e 5 China 2017       return with sample
               
Mars Mars Odyssey USA 2001 720 170 300 orbiter
  Mars Express EU 2003 1 120 200   orbiter
  Opportunity USA 2003 1 060 310 420 rover 180 kg
  MRO USA 2005 2 180 450 720 orbiter
  MSL USA 2011 3 900 1 700 2 500 rover 900 kg
    MAVEN USA 2013 2 550   480 orbiter
    Mars Orbiter EU 2016       orbiter + lander
    Mars Rover EU 202?       rover
    Mars Sampler USA+EU 202? 2 x 4000   6 000 return with sample 500 g
               
Venus Venus Express EU 2005 1 270 100 250 orbiter
  Akatsuki Japan 2010 500     orbiter
  Ikaros Japan 2010 310     solar sail 20 m
    Venera-D Russia 2018       orbiter + balloons + lander
               
Mercury Messenger USA 2004 1 130 290 430 orbiter
    BepiColombo EU+Japan 2014 2 x 1200   900 2 orbiters
               
Sun Wind USA 1994 1 270     orbiter, special orbit, sun's wind
  Spitzer USA 2003 1 000 800   orbiter, Earth trail, infrared radiation
  STEREO USA 2006 2 x 620   550 2 orbiters, Earth trail
  Kepler USA 2009 1 050   600 orbiter, Earth trail, finding planets
    Solar Orbiter EU 2017 1 300     orbiter
    Solar Probe USA 2018 500 750   flyby
    LISA EU+USA 202? 3 x 460     3 orbiters, Earth trail, gravitation
    SIM USA 202?       orbiter, Earth trail, finding planets
               
point L1 SOHO EU+USA 1995 1 870     orbiter, observing of Sun
  ACE USA 1997 780     orbiter, sun and cosmic radiation
    LISA Pathfinder EU+USA 2014 1 900   300 orbiter, test for mission LISA
               
point L2 WMAP USA 2001 840     orbiter, temperature differencies
  Herschel EU 2009 3 400   1 100 orbiter, diameter 3.5 m, infrared rad.
  Planck EU 2009 1 950   700 orbiter, cosmic radiation
    Gaia EU 2013 2 000 400   orbiter, position differencies
    JWST USA+EU 2018 6 200   8 700 orbiter, diameter 6.5 m, infrared rad.
               
comets Rosetta EU 2004 3 000 1 000   orbiter+lander, Churyumov Geras.
  Epoxi USA - 370 - 40 flyby Hartley 2 , from Deep Impact
               
asteroids Dawn USA 2007 1 220 360 450 orbiter Vesta 2011, Ceres 2015
    Hayabusa 2 Japan 2014   200   return with sample
    OSIRIS-REx USA 2016   800   return with sample
               
Jupiter Juno USA 2011 3 620 840   orbiter
    Jupiter USA+EU 202?        
               
Saturn Cassini USA+EU 1997 5 700   2 500 orbiter + descent module Huygens
               
and further Voyager 1 USA 1977 720   900 flyby Jupiter, Saturn, distance 100 AU
  Voyager 2 USA 1977 720   900 flyby …,Uran, Neptun, distance 90 AU
  New Horizons USA 2006 470 550 800 flyby Pluto in year 2015